Metallic rail-tie.



J. H. 00X, METALLIC RAIL TIE. APPLIQATION FILED JUNE 10, 1911.

Patented July 15, 1913.

E VAILABLE Q PY H H- c Ana Tc all'wlz om it may con acre? f Be'zitknown that I, J on: H. Cox, a citizen of'the United States, residing at- Hot in the county of Garland and State I 6 "o l I which'the following is a-specification.

. -My invention relatesto railway J-t-ies' and particularly .to a .metallic' tie the construe-- 119 tion,'use, and-advantagesof the samebeing hereinafte'r fully'set forthi' I It is my object to providefa metallic-t e which is designed to dispense with"theneed-" I 5- '--overlapping,' transversely "extending ribs,

- 1 of fish filates, spikes,rail-braces, etc.

from a rail iwithout disturbing the" fastenings of',-the adjacenttieSL; .'A'-Tfurthe1- object of'my inventionlis-to 120 proyide a tie the construction of which will be simple, the parts durable and readily as-.

nsem 'led, and the manufacture economical. 'With the foregoing and .other'objects in view my inventionconsists in such detailsof 7 construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully {described and pointed out in the appended claim. I In describing my invention inldetail ref- -80 erence will-be 'had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters denote like or corresponding part-s throughout the several views and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective: view of my. in-.

- .ferred'to. In carrying my invention into practice I employ a suitable tie -1 which ispreferably reduced at 2 by cutting away adportion from the. under surface thereof an which may be slotted at 3 as disclosed toadvantage in Fig. 1, for purposes which will be subse quently pointed out. p

Blocks 4 may belocated approximately at the ends of the tie 1..suitably shaped to l t eufltain rails 5 and to engageportions of the flan es thereof. Cooperating with the bloc 4 and correspondingly formed to lock the rails 5 in cposition,retaining members 6 are provide which may merge into bolts 7. It will be readily understood that thebblts 7 need not be made integral with 4 the members 6, but'may be cast separately I an'sas, have in'vfinte'd new and useful Im rovements in 1 Metallic Rail-Tiesf o'fj er object'of my invention is'to prof; vide'a tie of this type which will be-as y-to specifically breaking of the tie, which is bound to result m 'rAnLrc min- E.

andlun'ited in any wellknown manner. Fig.

2 discloses-the retaining members. 6 in p0.- -sition, the bolts 7 passing through the blocks 4 and secured thereat by nuts 8 orsuitable --;'fastcningf'means.

"9' are provided'which I have designed for afforded by the metallic tie as heretofore knom - ".Means is prov'ided to prevent independent vertical movement of the retaining 'meni- :ber's tand blocks 4, and may consist of the above description taken in connection with 'vided' arnovel, useful, and economical railto allow the-tie to embed itself properly in the ground and to guard against-upholding- .the central-portion of the tie when the bed. is worn away at the sides,-a contingency well calculated to'produce warping and final .disastrouslyg This cut away portion also maintains the-tie more firmly in place and .with a'view' to dispense with us'eless waste of material, at the same time makingthe ing tho operation of lifting 'or conveying from one place to another. A key 10, bent at one end to form a flange 11 WhlCh 1sbeveled so as nottg'to project above a block 4 when-in pos'tion, is provided to'so space the flange of ztznail 5 from old or broken tie the jsaxnez mayfbe removed without disturb in'g the? positlon of the rail or the fastenlngvof the adLacentftiesZ. The key'IO isfslid into place' etween the rail of the said block which is effective in main;

fied.

parent that I have provided a tie designed with a view to economyof'material and' the accompanying drawin 'ithat I have pro-- q way tie. The reduced portion 2is designed.

tie lighter, and afl'ording means wherebya hold may be obtained upon the same durthe said block that'iwhen disengaging an' flange and block. 4tasacleaply disclosed in Fig. 1, the flange 11 abutting upon the side;

From the foregoing it will be readily ap '3 unison) STATES PA ENT "OFFICE. v

i sanitation 6; Letters mat ji aitnted J ui'y1'5, 1913. l Anplicationfiled June 10,1911; semimaeaaua i l I 6O Underneath the blocks 4. cut-out portions the purpose of. producing a resiliency not prevents longitudinal movement of the- 4 The slotted portion 3 has been provided taining the'said key in the p s P j manufacture and which in every way attains I .the objects heretofore set forth. 7 f 1 I desire it'to be understood that slight changes in the constructionand 'in the ar- 5 rangemept; and combination of the several. partsjmoiybe resorted. to without departing from-the spirit of m invention provide -".such changes faliwi- 'nthescope of the ap' ended claim, v 7 10 aving thus fully described my-invention vvhat I claim as new and desire to-seoureby Letters Patent is I In. a -,device of the character described, a]

Y body portion, rail supporting blocks formed.

15.- uponsaid body portion, said rail supporting blocks each provided with a rail re- Ce1V1I1g* I8C6S$,

said body vportion provided with a cut out portiombelow each of said' rail supporting blocks to provide a resilient support for said blocks, said rail supportin'g blocks each provided with a transversely extending rib, retaining members each com- ,prising a body portion having a rail en 'ag -.ing projection and a transversely extending.

- rib to engage said ribs of said blocks, bolts provided on each ofsaid retaining members extending blocks, and means to fasten said bolts tvhereby said retaining members and said rail supporting blocks may be fastened together inrigid "relation, for the purpose specified.

JOHN H. COX.

WVitnesses:

. L. J. DUNNING,

. It. F. G-novnn.

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